Technical Program Manager, New Product Engineering

Sand Cherry Associates excels in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally-native, data-empowered solutions. They are seeking an accomplished Technical Program Manager to drive new product implementation initiatives across complex technical programs in the cable, broadband, or telecommunications industry.

Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership: Drive end-to-end program delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring scope, schedule, and quality targets are met
• Project Management: Facilitate cross-functional meetings, document solutions and critical decisions, create action plans and project plans that are driven to completion.  Develop best practice project artifacts for the highest level of organization and accountability
• Roadmap Development: Develop strategic iterative roadmaps to show critical upcoming activities and sequencing at the executive level
• Systems Expertise: Quickly assess and understand complex ecosystems, including data flows, integrations, and dependencies
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with system architects, 3rd-party vendors, and business operations teams to align priorities, resolve issues, and ensure seamless execution
• Strategic Communication: Synthesize complex technical information into clear, actionable plans and updates for executive and operational audiences
• Governance & Reporting: Establish program governance, risk management frameworks, and executive reporting mechanisms to ensure transparency and control

Requirements:

• Minimum 7 years of progressive program or project management experience, including large-scale system implementations and data migrations
• Must have experience in the telecom, cable, or broadband enterprise industry
• Proven success managing data migration efforts from legacy to modern platforms
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical complexity into actionable strategy for diverse audiences
• Highly analytical thinker with the ability to rapidly synthesize complex information and present it in a succinct, insightful format for decision-making
• Resourceful with a strong desire to continuously learn, explore, and dig deeper into challenges and solutions
• Exceptional stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills across technical and business domains
• High emotional intelligence (EQ) and executive presence, with the ability to influence outcomes, 'right the ship,' and deliver clear, executive-ready status updates (including RAG health indicators and visual dashboards)
• Strong leadership and ownership mindset with a proven track record of driving accountability, alignment, and delivery across diverse teams
• Expertise in developing executive presentations and stakeholder materials, delivering concise, meaningful insights and program updates
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Smartsheet
• PMP or similar certification preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• MBA preferred